Portrait of Shushan  Barsegyan

Shushan Barsegyan

Principal

For more than a decade, Shushan Barsegyan has helped business owners, entrepreneurs, and growth-minded companies structure, scale, and protect their organizations. Her practice centers on practical, strategic corporate counsel that supports companies through every stage of the business lifecycle, from formation and early growth to complex transactions and multi-entity operations.

Shushan brings a business-forward perspective shaped by her background in both corporate law and business ownership. She founded and managed a boutique corporate law practice for more than 10 years, during which she served as lead transactional counsel for companies ranging from startups to established enterprises with annual revenue exceeding $40 million. Clients turn to her for clear guidance on mergers and acquisitions, ownership structuring, commercial contracts, and long-term organizational planning.

Her experience spans technology, hospitality, fashion, experiential entertainment, professional services, and consumer-facing industries. She regularly advises on deal strategy and negotiates transactions involving acquisitions, equity arrangements, joint ventures, reorganizations, and governance matters. Her work includes representing buyers and sellers in multimillion-dollar M&A deals, negotiating partner and member exits, designing equity programs, and creating structures that support scaling and investment.

Businesses also rely on Shushan as outside general counsel. She advises leadership teams on day-to-day operational matters, multi-entity structuring, contractual relationships, and risk management. Her work includes forming and advising special-purpose entities for large-scale projects, designing parent-subsidiary frameworks, guiding corporate expansions, and overseeing commercial agreements for national and global companies.

Before her legal career, Shushan founded and operated a direct-to-consumer fashion brand, giving her firsthand insight into the challenges of building, managing, and evolving a business. This experience informs her practical, solutions-oriented approach: she focuses on delivering clear, usable guidance that helps clients move forward with confidence and make decisions that support long-term growth.

    Education

    • University of San Diego School of Law (J.D.)
    • University of Southern California Marshall School of Business (B.S.)

    State Bar Admissions

    • California

    Professional Affiliations

    • ProVisors, Member
    • Armenian Women's Bar Association, Member

    Recognitions

    • Super Lawyers Rising Star, 2019- 2025 

Firm Highlights

  • Podcasts
    Artful Donations: Exploring Museum Exchange
    In this episode of The Legal Canvas, host Caryn Keppler welcomes Robert Wainstein and Michael Darling, co-founders of Museum Exchange, the first digital platform dedicated to facilitating art donations to museums and nonprofit institutions across North America. Together, they explore how technology is transforming the way collectors, artists, estates, and cultural organizations connect through charitable giving. Robert and Michael explain the inspiration behind Museum Exchange, the challenges they set out to solve, and how the platform has grown into a network of more than 400 museums. They walk listeners through the donation process—from evaluating artwork and matching donors with institutions to handling logistics, documentation, and tax considerations. Along the way, they discuss the realities of museum collecting, why many donations are declined, and how thoughtful placements can help preserve artists' legacies while expanding access to important works of art. The conversation also explores Museum Exchange's work with living artists, artist estates, hospitals, universities, and smaller regional museums, as well as the launch of the Charis Foundation for the Arts, a nonprofit designed to steward significant collections before placing them with institutions that can best benefit from them. Robert and Michael conclude by sharing their vision for the future of charitable art transactions and how Museum Exchange is helping reshape philanthropy in the arts for generations to come.